Apple Inc.’s entry into Japanese digital payments got off to a rough start Tuesday as system trouble temporarily prevented commuters from charging their passes. East Japan Railway Co. said users experienced problems connecting to the mobile Suica payment system after the rail operator servicing ...

Apple Inc. unveiled a new water- and dust-resistant iPhone 7 with high-resolution cameras at its fall product event Wednesday, and said that a “Super Mario” game was coming to the new phone and that “Pokemon Go” would feature on its upgraded Apple Watch. The ...

STAFF REPORT, KYODO Apple Inc. said Thursday people in Japan can use the latest iPhones and Apple Watches to pay electronically at stores and transportation rides starting in October. In an unveiling event of the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch series in California the ...

Apple Inc.’s plan to allow Japanese customers to use iPhones to pay for their daily commute underscores the potential for digital payments to grow in a nation where people still prefer to hold cash. Japanese have for years been using rail passes that double ...

Apple Inc. is planning a new iPhone feature for Japan that will let people pay for mass-transit rides with their smartphones instead of physical payment cards. A future iPhone will include technology called FeliCa, a mobile tap-to-pay standard in Japan developed by Sony Corp., ...

East Japan Railway Co. said Monday it will print more Suica train fare cards commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Station following an overwhelming response to initial sales over the weekend. The announcement reverses an earlier decision to sell only a ...

Information on 756 commuters use JR East’s Suica point-conversion website may have been compromised, East Japan Railway Co. revealed Monday. The railway, recently at the center of a growing number of big data scandals, temporarily closed the website and said no financial damage had ...

East Japan Railway Co. has suspended a credit-swapping service for its Suica electronic fare card users after detecting a wave of unauthorized log-in attempts on its website. JR East said Tuesday it found signs of unauthorized access to its Suica Point Club website at ...

Rail and bus operators will raise fares for cash and smart-card users to reflect the 3-point consumption tax hike set for April 1, but they are split over how much to raise the fares. The government will allow the operators to raise fares in ...

Traditional pasteboard rail tickets may soon go the way of Betamax VCRs and telephone rotary dials with the near-nationwide standardization of prepaid IC cards such as JR East's Suica and Tokyo's Pasmo from March 23.